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FOHt CHIEF, FIBASC8 DIVISION

SUBJ3ff

t a^/Bwagat Officer

I »f{«LSa&, Subproject 115, Invoice So. 1
Allotment liusbar X525»10Q9«190 a

1. Invoice Ko. 1 covering -tiw cfcove 6Utop>^ i* 6ttwl>e4.
Peywont. should to ko&o aa follows j •

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3. ©je check eheuM he forwarded to Chief, SSO/Eeeearcb
Brenebj througli SSD/SBud&t Officer, no J&Ur than Wednesday,

7 September i960*

3 * Shis ie a final invoice. Remover, since it ie anticipated

that ivlditiorial ■ iViids will ts obligated for tMs project, tee fkloss

shoxxiA not bo cloeed.

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Deputy Chics'
U>/ftssv&rch Breach

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[CKOPiJiiyM FOR* CH3EKF* HKAIS3K KtVISiGI!

t OBO/Budgei Officer

BUBOES

S tSaJI/TPA, Subpro^sct H5, Invoice Ko# I
Allotaeut Kosher 1525-1009-1902'

1« Invoice Ho. 1 covering fee above onbproject is attached.
Paysaent should he aa&a as follows*

Cashier's chs

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savuble to

g, Sho check should he forwarded to Chief, TBB / Research
Branch* through IBfl/Eudget Officer, no later then tfe&nas&ay,

7 September 19^0 •

3. ffhls is a final invoice. Ec^fover, since it is anticipated
that additional - funds will he obligated for this project* fee
should not b\s

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Jlaputy Chief
£SB/Ko search Broach

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Invoice & Certif icalioca

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i, invoice Ko. 1 covering the above eubpro'
FayKcnt should be cads es f©ll.evss

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2 . ©ss check should lw forwarded to Chief, reD/tfeaearcn ■
li-euob, tbvoasb TSO/Bod/pt Officer, no later than bmxx<sB<Mj, -
7 September I 960 . '

s, CMa is a final invoice. However, since it is anticipate*
m.% t^ltiwal fbiida will Vo obligated for this projoet, &e files
should not be closed* ■

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Invoice & CerUftcatlocs

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For Services

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xt ia hereby certified that this is Invoice Ko. 1 applying to
Sutwroject 115 of miUHM, that perforate© is satisfactory, teo,t
services; era bains eeeaspliahed in accordance mth raucual agree-
rants, that o detailed a;ta»da of tfcs payments end receipts is on _
file in f m/m $ that this bill is Just cud correct end that payout
thereof, has not. yet been made. ;

"" i^puty Chief/ USD/ itesearCh Branca

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(2) It is hereby certified that -this Invoice applies to Subproject
Wo, 115 of - J-SmiSiA vfeich waa duly approved# e»d that ihs- project is
bsiur carried out in accordance with the meaomndum of 13 April 1953
froa the IX5I to the W/A t and the extension of this authority in sub»
. secuonfractisoroada. . ■ ... .

"feoreh Director

Kales

282

Accounting from]

.., TO ,«Apri 1 23 , 19^3

Expenditures

Salaries

Pensions

Translations^

3.4S3.00

153*00

Duplicating costs 45- o0

Computer costs 395*00

Total Expenditures

$4,085.00

v 4.0 85.00

This is a true statem^m, of z

expenditures andacc/onting for
funds given to^B^jjfil as retried

I certlfy that S OT if ,, ; - -:,f trials have been
satisfactorily received ■ ♦!•« expenditures '

treie incurred on official iciness

Pate: i

15 August I960

MEMORANDUM FOR: TKS RECORD

SUBJECT

: Project MKULTRA, Subproject 115

1. The purpose of Subproject 115 is to provide funis to conduct
a study of the Interaction Between the Meutaliy Disturbed and Their Envi
remnant. The research will be carried out by

proposal was reviewed favorably by

2* l J‘b@ uriw&Ty TG&soii for sup^orvl n *5 this strxiiy is torM of
Ag enC y interest is to gain further insight into additional factors which
may influence Inman behavior. The problems which the psycMa.tr ically
disturbed face in returning to the community and the factors which result
in their failure ©siA. subsequent return to institutional care can possibly
throw so®® light upon the attitudes and coasmuulty pressures which affect
the behavioral reactions of this limited population. The advantage s of

doing the research

as indicated in the attached proposal, are

(1) The IfiHMnH^-ulture is undergoing distinct changes
in attitudes toward the psyeMatrically disturbed.

( 2 ) a cocspai'ison with several similar studies done

in U,B. coisiimities may reveal factors sot correlated
with the specific cultural environment in which the
^ results were obtained.

intends to study intensively a population of psychiatricaily

disttu'bed persons, one usesaber of the immediate fondly of each patient and a

number of "norm speakers" who will provide the generalised attitude of

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h. The cost of this project will be $4,085.50 fQ? one year fraa
1 September 1S60. It will be funded as a grant*»in_ aid through
end the handling of funds disbursed will follow the standard practice se
up for that organisation. Charges should be made against Allotment 1525

1009-1902.

end other persons associated with ’the- project will

remain unwitting of Sponsor.

TSD/Re search Branch

APPROVED FOR OBLIGATION
OF FUNDS;

Research Director

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Date:

Attached;

Proposal

Distribution;
Original only

RESEARCH PROPOSAL II

On interaction Lstwiesn the mentally
disturbed and their environment;
Phases I and II

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Ph noe i (*> months) •

fne first goal will ba a thorough inventory and examination
of literature’ concerning the research problem. The main sources
will be selected from sociological and psychiatrical -literature,
but because of. the interdisciplinary nature of this research,
aocior.sychifttrie . . aoeiopsychological , arid psychoanalytical works
will also be' used. As far as we know, no previous research work
has been carried out on premises essentially similar to those
planned as the basis of our study. Therefore, it aouII he of
great importance for the success of the whole research to enter
this early stage as carefully as possible. Our opinion is that
it is most essential to have a sound and cohesive theoretical
frame of reference. ?or the time being, however, it is hardly
rewarding to outline any final theoretical constructions;
consequently, hypotheses, if any, can be but forth only in very

general terms.

We plan to center the main, interest of the research on
the : interpersonal situations through which persons manifest
mental health and mental Hsorler” (Sullivan). In order to do
this it will be necessary to study the structure of the patient s
social envi rorunent as, for instance, Foilingshuun Sr ..edlich ,

Myers Sr. Roberts, Li ds Sr Lit/:, etc. indicate,

'-e ’’Vre starting the work it would obviously be advantageous
to lay to give a theoretical -efirition to the interpersonal
meaning of a mental disease. A senlally. Hsturted person may be
oonsi level as a kind of "protest phenomenon" that tends to evoke
fear, agression, and •‘rus t.rati on in persons who come into
<*e ,; tne t with him ( in u *::.un > } on the other hand, it may be quite

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l'eaaonable to assume that a mentally disturbed person is a
"necessity" for his own interpersonal system, e sped! ally for
the maintenance of its balance. Any assumptions of this kind
must, however, be submitted to thorough scrutiny before using
them as a basis for specific hypotheses or construction of
research instruments. JVhen describing and analyzing phenomena
of this kind it seoms suitable to make use of the concept of
anomie introduced by Durkheim (illustrated on the personality
level by. J J_e®.g . ,s.uc h_.ag „jri gi d ity , frustration, withdrawal, etc.
anomie might also be coneidered a phenomenon emerging from the
interaction of personality and sociocultural variables). One
might assume that the occurence of anomie would be significantly
more eminent in the patient than is a neighbor or fellow worker,
for instance, But in order to be authorised to raise this
hypothesis z(orrany7iconnected with the -problems to be taken
into consideration) a thorough familiarity with relevant
literature must have been established.

After a sufficient number of hypotheses has been deduced -
on the basis of literature - the measuring instruments will be
constructed. This in planned to be done in accordance with the
lines sketched in passage 2. b. ) in the initial research proposal.
Naturally all variables and views indicated to be relevant by
any competent sources will be carefully taken into consideration.

The last stage in Phase I will be the checking of the sick-
reports of the pretest sample. The purpose of this procedure is
to run a kind of psychiatric census ad modum Hollingshead &
Redlich. An additional goal is to discover whether there is in
the sick-reports any relevant sociological material to be
extracted and, at the same time, to obtain information about
stresses preceding the overt illness - to the extent possible.

Phago.*,0. (5 months) •

l) Data collection (2 months) FV

V7e plan to pretest the methods in.

MM»^ kins a,>out 25 pa,icnts en ' 1 thelr ”*”“ t ” r>,1T **-

(on , for every -patient) as subjects. *h«a, the number will not
be very largo; yet we thin* it to sufficient for our purposes.
Ibe reaeons for choosing the nearest relative aa the additrem
subject are. Ho (or she) is usually, within easy reach. Mrthf,
more, it can be assumed that be is the person In the most
provocative situation; consequently, his reaction can be
thought to be “ideal" when testing the measuring instruments.

2) Preliminary analysis (3 months)

The data will bo submitted to appropriate statistical
procedures, Sho results, will be. praeontsd in a preliminary

report.

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Hay 4 1 19»0

Our Hoard has responded favorably to your proposal. Fending
filial aporoval. h0Kcvap> they have asked that you sus&lt & new
proposal cer-cernsct with Phases X and II only, in eonowhat expanded- •
fom with its oval budget. It sepsis advisable? xor financial End for
scientific reasons to'look upon ft project such as yours as consisting
of a preliminary study for planning and developmental purposes to
to foilovjsd by the jsajor ctudy# which nay be altered in design as a
result of analysis of tbs proliininAry results. After your completion
of ii»gs llj, m would expect a report which would include your pro-
posal and budget for the rosiaining work.- ’

I ho»o this is satisfactory to you. .. .since tbs Board Keabors
arc already familiar with your total project and since their attitude
is generally favorable, they should be able to roach a decision very
quickly— }X*rhaps within several days.

accept our thanks for your ofp^pMP <

pleasant anti successful visit, <J-- :

January 7* I960

request from

to., study the

attitudes toward the mentally- disturbed,)

decided at an .curly stage, howawr, that using public
opinion, polling methods in measuring the attitudes toward the
mentally disturbed would provide only- superficial data* Therefore
Jha8...p3uiR.nQd .& -project- involving a study of a oeroplo
of me u tally disturbed persons in interaction with their immediate
environment,,

a f rankly say that submission of the proposal to

*.hub boon stimulated by

cho following i actors* first , wo would like to obtain sufficient
i inane ml support in order vo carry out a thorough soieistifio
study on tha matter* second, we have boon highly inprqatoOy

the progrm of

The visit to

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wuo for ti e r.v i enoo ii ra g eflo ufc nvd c-h.o) 3

sociologist and the designated project director-*

•is -a clinical
We ha vo also asked the

psychologist vritb, so of. o'. ogicru training*
following parsons to serve as an advisory

C^oramittoes

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a) I^ckxrouirl

•' oat ® &f the studios <ra mental dia,.aoes huv* strong- ■
enphnaiied the centra* -“sigalficaruJ® of the Interaction of tho
individual i*»4 hie envlronaeiit in the ^euftois and jprogreaa- of.
a»ntel-.iio«aaa8 # it ima proved fruit shii to consider the aim
f*t the o*:*iOtt # oociol and continual oaporloaceo n\on G vith th®
layout* individual .oxperionoe no &c to obtain u aomar^fttl

Picture .of the fhue the attitude#

a^quAr^ a «-<ay position in the developiaj sy&tm of concepts of
social JiopathoXoi^ s

fcgi attitudes toward ---the •aenfca.ly' disturbed are rnthor
decisively d«ut»ii»d by culture* the person defined a® Mentally
r iU la osozecituro ^t» r n6mR Jn-nnotW.

elsewhere in the Astern world. attitudes toward” the mentally ill

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have ir r lore 'mHific^iHetiea alonp-»Uh

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incresoin, appreciation of health in Guch a

generalisation, however,- gives a very ' narrow and inadequate
picture of the problem -Opuoideriiig -the- Bi&ixnmmo of uao
^*ob.lt!«s, l* is inport-mt to "enriy out ./extensive -studios. For
_ : i6 e^x^-oat^ia^-a^

structural footofrs- whipivnay • nignifleantly influence th»
attitude, toward >.cntta dieofwjos and she nentoUy. dioturlHidi

tho pUsa of iho $ the object

..the jr.ant..JLl/ disturbed* 3 ) the oprsft <5
of yaycho-yrnwaie viown owon* profoe- ienol- groups of Ut®
pqychlstrto prof eooiono: an wall . RO x.-.^wA 'efficiency in
6.«»..jod^ a., trontcent h;»Y» -polntoUly- -ahowa the lnportrmoe of
otUtudvi m connection with the of rehabilitation.

f scorer, t<* very nature of structure-..

wU>iia --Mich functionally nor.nl n^fui units are esoily ,u»~.
tJn-iuAMhiiUe - is a noteworthy factor •r.*aftnirln* recoarnh.

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